Physical description

Hardcover book with a blue dust jacket. The dust jacket has an ornate black border surrounding the title and author information and in the centre is a black pen drawing of a man in an oval template. The spine has a cream coloured box at the top with 'The London' printed in black.

Publication type

non-fiction

Inscriptions & markings

'B12(a)' [Handwritten in pencil in the top corner on the inside of the dust jacket]

Summary

This is the first volume of the history of the Voluntary Hospital System.
'This book is not just another history of a hospital. Rather it is the exciting early life of one, told in the entertaining style of the day against the medical, social and political history of that period.' [From dust jacket]